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No. H6359. Patented Dec. 20, I898. J. C. BOSENKRANZ.

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Nl'IED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN G. ROSENKRANZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE UNIVERSAL KUGKLECOMPANY.

BUCKLE.

SIPECIFICA'IION forming part of Letters Patent No. 616,359, datedDecember 20, 1898.

Application filed December 24,1897. Serial No. 663,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: the body of the buckle at which the teeth 12Be it known that I, JOHN G. ROSENKRANZ, are placed. The clamping-tongue13 is also of New York, (Brooklyn,) in the county of preferably providedwith a rib 14 upon its Kings and State of New York, have invented upperface. This rib is adapted to be en- 55 a new and Improved Buckle, ofwhich the folgaged by the finger of the operator when the lowing is afull, clear, and exact description. tongue is to be carried to itsclosed or to its The object of the invention is to provide a openposition. The free end of the tongue buckle especially adapted for useupon trou- 13 is bent upon itself, as shown at 17 in the sers, vests,and garments generally, and to drawings, and the curved or returnportionof 60 so construct the buckle that it will be simple, the tongue isadapted to travel over the teeth durable, and economic, capable of beingcon- 12, and at the extremity of the free end of venientlymanipulated,and which will insure the tongue 13 a tooth 18 is formed, which is apositive and firm grip upon fabric of varyadapted to enter the spacebetween the teeth ing thicknesses. 12 on the body of the buckle. Thetongue 65 1 The invention consists in the novel con- 13 is of springmaterial, and normally the struction and combination of the severaltooth 18 of the tongue when carried opposite parts, as will behereinafter fully set forth, a space between the teeth on the body ofthe and pointed out in the claims. buckle will enter the said space, sothat the Reference is to be had to the accompanying tongue cannot bemoved unless manipulated 7o drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, for that purpose. When the tongue is to be in whichsimilar characters of reference indimoved either to or from the frontbar 10, it is cate corresponding parts in all the figures. pressed indirection of-the body of the buckle, Figurelisaplanviewofabuckle,illustratso as to release the tooth 18 of the tongue ing itopened. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the from engagement with the teeth onthe body 75 2 5 buckle in its closed position. Fig. 3 is an enof thebuckle. lVhen the tongue is subjected larged plan view of the buckleopen. Fig. etis to the pressure mentioned, it may be moved a transversesection on the line 4 4 of Fig. 3. freely over the body. Fig. 5 is anedge view of the buckle and tabs To further illustrate the action of theconnected therewith, the buckle being shown tongue 13 in engaging theteeth and being 80 as closed; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectiondisengaged therefrom, attention is directed through a portion of thebuckle, illustrating to Figs. and 6 of the drawings. The tongue, also inside elevation the clamping-section of which is of spring material, hasits free end the tongue of the buckle. slightly bent away from thebuckle-frame,

The buckle, as illustrated, is provided with so that its tension isalways in the direction 8 5 5 a frame consisting of a front bar 10 and aof the arrow, Fig. 6. This tension, it will body-section 11, the sidesthereof being prefbe seen, draws the tooth 18 against the side erablycurved. At one side of the body of of the frameand in the spaces betweenthe the buckle, adjacent to the front bar 10, a seteeth 12 thereof,wherebythe tongue is autories of teeth 12 is formed. These teeth maymatically held in locked position. Now to 0 be of any desired number.unlock or adjust the position of the tongue In connection with theframework of the pressure is broughtto bear upon the same in buckle aclampingtongue 13 is employed, the direction of the arrow, Fig. l, untilthe which extends from one side to the other, and tooth 18 is carriedaway from the side of the free end of the clamping-tongue is made theframe and out of the spaces between the 5 5 to project beyond thetoothed surface of the teeth 12, where it will be seen that movementbody portion of the buckle. At its pivot end of the tongue is possibleso long as the presthe clamping-tongue 13 is provided with an surethereof toward the frame is maintained. arm 15, which is at an angle toits body por- A represents a tab or a strip of fabric tion, and the saidarm 15 is pivoted through which is secured to the body of the buckle, mothe medium of a pin 16, preferably at the end and B an opposing stripwhich is adapted to of the front bar 10, opposite that portion of beheld by the buckle. The tab 13 is passed between the body-bar- 10 andthe clampingtongue 13, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The clamping-tongue,after the tab is passed between it and the body-bar 10, is carried asclose as possible to the said body, the tooth on the clamping-tongueentering the space between the teeth nearest to the front bar. In thismanner the clamping-tongue will hold the tab B firmly and securelybetween it and the front bar 10, and it is evident that when the buckleis applied to a vest or to the tabs at the back of the trousers the saidbuckle may be manipulated by one hand in an expeditious and convenientmanner,and that any material,whether thin or thick, that is passedbetween the clamping-tongue and the front bar of the body of the bucklemay be firmly held between these two parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A buckle, consisting of a frame having a toothedsurface, and a spring-tongue pivoted to said frame to swing parallel tothe plane thereof and with a tension at right angles to the said planeof the frame, said tongue having a tooth at its free end adapted toenter the spaces between the teeth on the frame, as set forth.

2. A buckle, consisting of a frame having a toothed side, and a springpivoted on the frame and having a tension away from the same, the saidtongue having its free end curved over the toothed side of the frame andformed with a tooth coinciding with the teeth of the frame, as setforth.

3. A buckle consisting of a frame, said frame comprising a front bar anda body-section connected with the front bar, the bodysection having acurved and toothed side which is adjacent to one end of the front bar,and a spring-tongue pivoted on the said frame,

one end of the spring-tongue being carried over the toothed surface ofthe said frame, having a surface prepared to enter the spaces betweenteeth on the said frame, the said tongue being mounted to swing to andfrom the front bar of the buckle-frame and with a tension away from theframe, as and for the purpose specified.

4. A buckle, the frame of which is provided with a front bar and acurved surface adjacent to one end of the front bar, the said curvedsurface having teeth produced therein, and an angular tongue pivoted tothe frame adjacent to the end of the front bar opposite that near whichthe teeth are located, the free end of the tongue being curved to extendover the curved surface of the frame of the buckle, the curved portionof the tongue being also provided with a tooth capable of entering thespaces between the teeth on the frame, the said tongue being of a springmaterial and normally in position to compel its tooth to enter a spacebetween the teeth on the frame, as and for the pur pose specified.

5. A buckle consisting of a frame having 7 on one side a series of teethwhose outer edges describe an arc of a circle and a tongue pivoted tosaid frame ata point opposite said teeth and mounted so as to describethe radius of the circle of which the teeth describe an arc, the saidtongue being of spring material with a tension away from the frame andhaving its free end curved over the side of the frame and formed with atooth in co- JOHN G. ROSENKRANZ.

Witnesses:

W TOWNSEND, WM. MURRAY.

